2016 Wesleyan Discipline: Ordained Ministers: On loan
From Wesleyan Discipline
1240:I:A:
- 2. Pastoral and Local Service.
- a. Ordained ministers appointed as pastors, associate or assistant pastors, or interim pastors within the district (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3255).
- b. Ordained ministers on loan to other districts of The Wesleyan Church for service as supply pastors (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3100:2; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3260:1).
- c. Ordained ministers appointed to serve in a local church spiritual formation or Christian education program (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3310:2).
3100
- (2) In an emergency, an ordained minister may serve as supply pastor of a church located within the bounds of a district other than the one in which ministerial membership is held (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3260:1), provided that such an arrangement has the written approval of the superintendent of each district involved (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:29), and does not continue beyond the next session of the district conference in which membership is held without the consent of the district conference.